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Alumnus, Heart Health Advocate Invited to White House Briefing
Jeremy Aylward, class of 2007, will be among 70 American Heart Association volunteers invited to a White House "Community Leaders Briefing" on cardiovascular health on Friday, Feb. 24, as part of American Heart Month.
Dr. Paul Nesheim Named Director of The Augustana Choir
Dr. Paul Nesheim has been named associate professor of music and director of The Augustana Choir, the fifth in the Choir's 90-year history. Nesheim most recently served as associate professor of music and director of choral activities at Minnesota State University Moorhead.
17th Annual Fighting Hunger, Feeding Hope Basketball Tourney Set for March 16-18
Sixty area boys and girls basketball teams from fourth grade through ninth grade will shoot hoops for a good cause at the 17th annual Fighting Hunger and Feeding Hope Basketball Tournament, set for March 16-18 at the Elmen Center.
Augustana Runner Selected for Team USA
Augustana freshman Adam Braun, a native of Shoreview, Minn., has been selected to represent Team USA at the North America, Central America and Caribbean (NACAC) Cross Country Championships on Saturday, March 17, in Port of Spain, Trinidad. "This selection is a huge honor and speaks volumes about the fact that Adam is one of the brightest up-and-coming runners in the United States right now," said head cross country coach Tracy Hellman.
Verdier 2012 to Celebrate Values; to Feature Panel Discussions, Quiz Bowl, Covenant Award Ceremony
Verdier 2012 is a week-long celebration of Augustana's core values, named in honor of the 10th anniversary of the Covenant Award. The celebration is set for April 16-20 and will highlight service projects by Augustana students, faculty and alumni and will feature panel discussions, a quiz bowl and the 2012 Covenant Awards ceremony.
Students Collect Prom Dresses for Teens in Need
The Augustana Women's Association (AWA) has collected 56 dresses for the Cheyenne River Youth Project's "Passion for Fashion" event, an annual event in Eagle Butte, S.D., that provides teenage girls in need with prom essentials such as dresses, shoes and make-up.
Professor: Disparate Groups Could Be Long-Term Answer to Economy
Read coverage of the Augustana Thought Leader Forum featuring Dr. Robert Wright, Nef Family chair of Political Economy and director of the Thomas Willing Institute. Wright explored "How Low Will We Go? Long-term Perspectives on a Flailing Economy" at the Forum on Friday, Feb. 24, in Sioux Falls.
Augustana Students Push to End the 'R Word'
In recognition of national "Ban the R-Word" day, a day to promote awareness of the campaign to stop using the word "retarded," members of Augustana's Student Council for Exceptional Children (SCEC) gathered together to show their support.
New York Times Features Work by Alumnus Andrew Pole
Andrew Pole, class of 1994, had just started working as a statistician for Target in 2002 when he was tasked with identifying unique moments in consumers' lives when their shopping habits become more flexible and the right ad or coupon could prompt them to spend in new or different ways. His work and research into the science of habit formation are featured in the New York Times Magazine.
Augustana Theatre to Present Musical 'Zombie Prom'
This student-designed production brings the "fabulous fifties" back to life — and a few other things that should have stayed dead. The show, by John Dempsey and Dana P. Rowe, tells the story of teenage love gone wrong. The show runs March 1-3 and 8-10. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. in the Edith Mortenson Center Theatre.

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AB Science and Its Partners Receive EUR 8.6 Million as Part of a Project Supported by Bpifrance (ex-OSEO) for the Development of a New Therapy in Alzheimer's Disease
PARIS--(Marketwired - Jul 23, 2013) - AB Science SA (
The consortium will receive EUR 8.6 million from Bpifrance (the French state innovation agency) within the framework of the Industrial Strategic Innovation (ISI) program, and gathers together AB Science, the Brain and Spine Institute (ICM), MIRCen from the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Imagine Foundation and Skuldtech, a biotechnology company specialized in the discovery of biomarkers and development of diagnostic and testing tools companions.
AB Science, initiator and leader of this project entitled ROMANE (Role of Mast Cells in Neurology), will receive a total amount of EUR 5.9 million from Bpifrance in the form of grants and repayable advances.
The three main objectives of the ROMANE project are to:
- Validate the role of mast cells as a therapeutic target in neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease.
- Develop a targeted therapy, masitinib, in Alzheimer's disease.
- Propose new tools for diagnosis and monitoring of patients with Alzheimer's disease on the basis of blood biomarkers and new imaging techniques.
Mast cells as therapeutic targets in neurodegenerative diseases
Mast cells, which are key immune cells, are present in large quantities in the brain and in the spinal cord, especially around the blood vessels. There is evidence suggesting that mast cells play a major role in the passage of inflammatory cells from the blood into the brain. Since there are many arguments implicating a neuro-inflammatory component in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, it is possible that mast cells significantly contribute to the development of the neuro-inflammatory process in Alzheimer's disease.
The functional activity, migration and survival of mast cells can be modulated by masitinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, via the inhibition of c-Kit and Lyn, two kinases specifically expressed in mast cells.
INSERM, ICM, MIRCen/CEA and AB SCIENCE will conduct research on preclinical models to assess:
- The role of mast cells in Alzheimer's disease.
- Masitinib's effect on the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
These results are anticipated to confirm the clinical benefit of masitinib in Alzheimer's disease, and provide better understanding on the mechanism of action of masitinib in this pathology.
Development of a targeted therapy in Alzheimer's disease
Within the framework of this project, AB SCIENCE will conduct a phase 3 study of masitinib in Alzheimer's disease, which is already currently recruiting patients. In addition to blocking mast cell activity, masitinib may exert an effect on other pathways:
- By modulating the production of B-amyloid peptides at the origin of senile plaques, which are characteristic of Alzheimer's disease. In fact, PDGF-R kinase increases the expression of gamma-secretase, an enzyme involved in the production of B-amyloid peptides. Masitinib, by blocking PDGF-R, could thus regulate amyloid synthesis.
- By modulating the production of hyperphosphorylated tau protein, the major component of neurofibrillary tangles in the brain of patients with Alzheimer's disease. In fact, the tau protein in neurofibrillary tangles is abnormally phosphorylated by the tyrosine kinase Fyn. Masitinib, by blocking Fyn, could then help to inhibit the phosphorylation of tau protein and thus prevent neurofibrillary tangles.
The phase 3 study of masitinib in Alzheimer's disease was initiated based upon promising results obtained from a previous phase 2 study, in which masitinib was administered as an add-on therapy to standard care during 24 weeks. Data indicated that masitinib was capable of retarding the rate of cognitive decline of Alzheimer's disease as compared against placebo, with an acceptable tolerance profile. Improvement in cognitive function and functional capacity was seen in the masitinib treatment group, as evident through the sustained and statistically significant response in ADAS-Cog, as well as the mean change in ADAS-Cog and ADCS-ADL values relative to baseline. The phase 2 results have been published: Alzheimers Res Ther. 2011 Apr 19;3(2):16. doi: 10.1186/alzrt75.
New assessment tools for diagnosis and monitoring of patients
The third part of this project focuses on the development of imaging markers and genetic biomarkers so that simple and objective tools can be used routinely for the diagnosis and monitoring of patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
Thus, MIRCen/CEA, IMAGINE and AB SCIENCE aim to explore the correlation between response or non-response to masitinib treatment, assessed via validated cognitive parameters and the following diagnostic measures:
- The cerebral perfusion of patients according to MRI/ASL (Arterial Spin Labeling) and according to another imaging technology based on the administration of a NMR contrast agent (fast stationary method by T1 effect - RSST1);
- The load evolution of amyloid plaque via the "gadolinium staining" imaging technique with contrast agent.
Finally, Skuldtech, a biotechnology company specialized in the discovery of biomarkers and development of diagnostic tools and companion tests, will use the blood samples collected during the clinical phase conducted by AB SCIENCE, to develop predictive companion tests, based on genetic biomarkers that will predict response or non-response to the treatment. Based on additional blood samples, Skuldtech will also develop in this project a diagnostic test for the evaluation and confirmation of Alzheimer's disease development stage.
About Bpifrance's "Industrial Strategic Innovation" Program
The "Industrial Strategic Innovation" program (ISI) encourages the emergence of European champions of innovation. It supports ambitious collaborative innovative projects with an industrial purpose, run by companies of a medium size (fewer than 5,000 employees) or SMEs (fewer than 250). These projects are considered highly promising in the event of success: they aim at marketing the products of breakthrough technologies that could not succeed without public support. The aid is generally of an amount between 3 and 10 million euros in the form of repayable advances and grants.
About Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease is the most frequent neuro-degenerative disease in the world, affecting approximately 6% of people aged over 65 years, i.e. 850,000 people in France. The disease represents an important medical need. In fact, Alzheimer's disease is associated with an elevated risk of death. In the United States, Alzheimer's disease is the sixth-leading cause of death across all ages. Regardless of the cause of death, 61% of people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at age 70 are expected to die before age 80 compared with 30% of people at age 70 without Alzheimer's disease. In particular, the inability in late-stage Alzheimer's disease to move around can make a person more vulnerable to infections, including pneumonia which can be fatal.
Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the appearance of lesions that gradually invade and destroy brain neurons, resulting in progressive cognitive decline and memory. The two types of lesions are the amyloid deposits in the brain parenchyma (amyloid plaques) or blood vessels (amyloid angiopathy), and neurofibrillary tangles. Besides these lesions, inflammation contributes to alter neurons. No treatment which stops or reverses the disease process is available so far.
About masitinib
Masitinib is a new orally administered tyrosine kinase inhibitor that targets mast cells, important cells for immunity, as well as a limited number of kinases that play key roles in various cancers. Owing to its novel mechanism of action, masitinib can be developed in a large number of conditions in oncology, in inflammatory diseases, and in certain diseases of the central nervous system. Through its activity of inhibiting certain kinases that are essential in some oncogenic processes, masitinib may have an effect on tumor regression, alone or in combination with chemotherapy. Through its activity on the mast cell and certain kinases essential to the activation of the inflammatory cells and fibrosing tissue remodeling, masitinib can have an effect on the symptoms associated with some inflammatory and central nervous system diseases.
About AB Science
Founded in 2001, AB Science is a pharmaceutical company specializing in the research, development and commercialization of protein kinase inhibitors (PKIs), a new class of targeted molecules whose action is to modify signaling pathways within cells. Through these PKIs, the Company targets diseases with high unmet medical needs (cancer, inflammatory diseases, and central nervous system diseases), in both human and veterinary medicines.
AB Science has developed a proprietary portfolio of molecules and the Company's lead compound, masitinib, has already been registered for veterinary medicine in Europe and in the USA, and is pursuing nine on-going phase 3 studies in human medicine in GIST in 1st and 2nd line of treatment, metastatic melanoma expressing JM mutation of c-Kit, multiple myeloma, mastocytosis, severe persistent asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, Alzheimer disease and progressive multiple sclerosis. The company is headquartered in Paris, France, and listed on Euronext Paris (ticker: AB).
For more information: www.ab-science.com.
About Skuldtech
Founded in 1999, Skuldtech is a biotechnology company specialized in the discovery of new biomarkers and the development of new diagnostic and companion tests. Biomarkers identified and selected by the company's research team are derived from its technology platform, which combines high throughput sequencing, quantitative RT-PCR, and proprietary bioinformatics and biostatistics programs, representing 13 years of development and technical expertise in the analysis of gene expression. Thanks to its unique scientific expertise in the analysis of gene expression of blood cells and "total" blood, Skuldtech is positioned in the field of personalized medicine and of the development of companion tests and of patient stratification tests, to meet the growing need for new treatments best suited to patient profiles.
For more information: www.skuldtech.com
About MIRCen/CEA
MIRCen-Molecular Imaging Research Center is a service of preclinical research at CEA created to develop and evaluate innovative therapies (gene and cell therapy and medication) for neurodegenerative diseases in particular. These research programs are based on expertise in the fields of animal models engineering, in vivo and in vitro imaging and translational research. MIRCen is open to academic and industrial collaboration platform. Finally, the unit coordinates the infrastructure for translational research biotherapy called NeurATRIS, which is the French contribution to the European translational research infrastructure EATRIS.
For more information: http://www-dsv.cea.fr/dsv
About ICM
Established in Paris at the initiative of Professors Gerard Saillant, Yves Agid and Olivier Lyon-Caen, the Institute for Brain and Spinal Cord is the realization of a new model for research in neuroscience. Installed at the Pitie-Salpetriere hospital, this international research institute of 22,000 m2 is unique in the heart of the nursing process. Governments, businesses and donors join hands together to allow patients, physicians and the most prominent researchers from around the world to work together to find new treatments for diseases of the nervous system.
For more information: www.icm-institute.org
About INSERM
The U1068 is part of the Center for Cancer Research Marseille (CRCM) of INSERM, located within the campus of the Institut Paoli-Calmettes, the anti-cancer Marseille regional center. The CRCM has more than 160 people, researchers (INSERM and CNRS), ITA INSERM, PH (doctors and pharmacists) and hospital technical staff (CPI) as MCU and PU-PH, doctoral and post-doctoral students. As critical mass is reached, interactions and complementarities between the teams have shown a strong ambition to cancer research, contributing to knowledge in basic research in selected areas, but also to the transfer and applications of these results to the patient, and in return, to clinicians questioning.
For more information: http://crcm.marseille.inserm.fr
About Imagine Foundation
Imagine is a unique place on the cutting edge of technology with the aim to better understand the genetic diseases and to provide faster diagnostic and therapeutic solutions as expected by patients and their families. The Imagine Foundation aims to lead a project to medical and scientific excellence in organizing, structuring and developing the site of the Necker Hospital for Sick Children in Paris, the research, care and education on genetic diseases of child and adult.
For more information: www.institutimagine.org
This document contains prospective information. No guarantee can be given as for the realization of these forecasts, which are subject to those risks described in documents deposited by the Company to the Authority of the financial markets, including trends of the economic conjuncture, the financial markets and the markets on which AB Science is present.


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These figurative human and equine sculptures are by a trio of Beijing-based artists who go by the name Unmask Group. Liu Zhan, Kuang Jun and Tan Tianwei met while at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and have been producing sculptural work together since 2001. These seemingly incomplete stainless steel works show figures in a state of dissolution or perhaps just the opposite, emergence. Regardless, the delicate lines and smooth curves left by the absence of materials make them appear almost sensual. These particular pieces were on display at H.T. Gallery through last month.
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About the Ministerial Council
Objectives and priorities for Europe in space will be discussed at the Council at Ministerial Level in Naples, Italy.
On 20 and 21 November, the Ministers in charge of space activities within the 20 ESA Member States and Canada will meet to decide on the future space programmes with the objective of pushing the frontiers of knowledge, supporting an innovative and competitive Europe and enabling new space-based services.
To achieve this, new investments in space must be balanced among complementary strategic objectives. The proposed investments to be decided at the Ministerial Council amount to about €12 billion, an amount comparable to the proposals made at the Ministerial Council in 2008. They are balanced among three objectives:
Pushing the frontiers of knowledge: This objective will be achieved through a combination of mandatory activities – ESA's scientific and basic technology programmes – and optional activities, such as the Earth Observation Envelope Programme-4 for increased scientific understanding of the Earth, the exploitation of ISS and exploration programmes.
Supporting an innovative and competitive Europe, with a public investment complemented through partnerships, mostly with private partners (industry and operators). These partnerships are particularly important in the telecommunications sector, which is the main commercial field of space activities. They are the basis for the development of the next generation platforms Neosat and Partner. In the launcher sector, the main objective is to decide and properly manage its evolution within the next decade. Finally, Europe's edge in world markets will be supported through the Technology Research Programme, the General Support Technology Programme including a Small Mission Initiative, the European Component Initiative for Technology non-Dependence and the Technology Transfer Programme.
- Enabling services, with a public investment substantially complemented (at least doubled) through partnerships with Eumetsat and the EU. These investments focus on maximising benefits from satellites to society and the economy, in particular through programmes such as MetOp Second Generation in meteorology, Iris and SAT-AIS in satellite communications, the European GNSS Evolution Programme for navigation, and GMES Space Component 3 in the critical field of Earth Observation for environment and security.


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Also named Joseph, Caiaphas was high priest at the time of Jesus' death. According to Josephus, he was appointed in 18 CE by Valerius Gratus, the Roman procurator before Pilate; his father‐in‐law, Annas, had preceded him, as had, for very short terms, several of Annas's sons (Ant. 18.2.35). He was removed from office in 37 CE and replaced by another of Annas's sons (Ant. 18.4.95). There is some confusion in the New Testament about whether Annas or Caiaphas was high priest at the end of Jesus' life and about their role in his death, but the Gospels are consistent in their depiction of hostility toward Jesus by the high priest.
In 1990 the family tomb of Caiaphas was found in Jerusalem. It contained twelve ossuaries, one of which had inscriptions with the full name of Caiaphas in Aramaic (yhwsp br qypʾ and yhwsp br qpʾ: Joseph, son of Caiaphas), and another with simply the family name (qpʾ).
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We just posted the following new databases. They are free for the downloading for all BibleWorks 7.0 users.
1. The Van Dyke Arabic Bible. Copyright (c) 1998-2005, Arabic Bible Outreach Ministry, P.O. Box 486, Dracut, MA 01826. This is available in two versions, "AVX" for Windows XP and "AVD" for Windows Vista. Neither Windows XP nor Vista handle Arabic correctly, though Vista is by far the better of the two. Because the two versions sort Arabic words differently, the same version database cannot be used on both systems. Version 7.0.018h or later of the program is necessary. This is a "preview" version because of the number of changes we had to make to support Arabic. See the previous executable post. After you have AVX/AVD installed take a look at the version info for details on how to use the version.
2. The William Hone translation of the New Testament Apocrypha. The version ID is HON.
3. The Apocryphal New Testament translated by Montague Rhodes James. It is availabe as an HTML Help module. Look under Resources | Miscellaneous. Some of the texts have been extracted and compiled as a BibleWorks version with the ID "JAM". This text has been newly scanned and double proofed by a company under contract to us so it should be in very good shape.
4. You will also need to get the latest Book Names list, posted separately at the same time. These add book names for the NT Apocrypha.
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Global Education in the U.S.
Global education imparts information about cultures and an appreciation of our interdependency in sharing the world's resources to meet mutual human needs.
Curriculum and instruction about regional and international conflicts must present a balanced view, include historical context, and demonstrate relevancy and sensitivity to all people. The achievement of this goal requires the mastery of global communication and development of an appreciation of the common humanity shared by all peoples.
NEA believes that the goal of harmony with our global neighbors depends on a national commitment to strengthening the capability of the educational system to teach American children about the world (NEA Resolution B-39. Global Education 1995, 1998).
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In the case of an emergency or urgent notification, the City of Garland now has the capability to notify residents via the telephone through a tool called CodeRED. The system is geographical-based and allows the City to alert citizens based on their location and telephone numbers. A pre-recorded message will play for a live person or an answering machine to provide information about the specific situation and if any action is necessary. Citizens may register both landline phones and cellular telephones, so you can be notified whether you are at home, at the grocery store or at the kids' soccer games.
Residents can now enroll using their login credentials from Google, Facebook or Twitter. The Single Sign-On (SSO) feature streamlines the registration process and makes it easier for residents to access their account to make changes later. This update will not affect current registrations, only new registrations will have this option. Register online now!
Weather Warn is a feature available to Garland residents that allow citizens to receive emergency weather warnings via the CodeRED telephone notification system. These notification calls will be launched as soon as the National Weather Service issues a severe weather warning, providing critical preparation time when severe weather threatens. View a video about how CodeRED Weather Warn works.
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CodeRED delivers the message desired through a high-speed telephone calling system to phone numbers registered in the system. City staff selects a "call area" and the phone numbers will be matched up electronically to the addresses. A pre-recorded message will be sent out via the telephone with information about the situation and instructions. You will see the phone number 866-419-5000 appear on your caller ID for most CodeRED calls (And the phone number 800-566-9780 for severe weather warning calls). Register online to receive these warnings.
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Rumors have surfaced that the subtitle for "Star Wars: Episode VII" has been leaked.
TATOOINE - With the announcement of the cast for "Star Wars: Episode VII" last week people can't get enough "Star Wars" news. The newest rumor floating around is that the subtitle for the new film has been leaked. Every "Star Wars" film to date has carried a subtitle, which means it seems logical that Episode VII would follow suit. According to Ain't It Cool News, the new subtitle is "The Ancient Fear." In the article on AICN the author claims a source in J.J. Abrams' camp confirmed the title, and that when Abrams was approached he never responded. That could either be because Abrams doesn't want to deny it because it's true, or that it's so far off base that he doesn't care to comment. Along with the title rumor, more casting rumors are floating around as well. The production said more casting announcements are coming and eyes are locked on Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o and Zac Efron. Nyong'o has been rumored to join the cast for sometime and last week it was announced that another female lead will soon join the cast. Many are hoping that lead is Nyong'o. Efron has been rumored to join the cast since the announcement of the new film and he recently said there are "irons in the fire" to bring him on board.%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A//beacon.deseretconnect.com/beacon.gif%3Fcid%3D168392%26pid%3D46%22%20/%3E


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We have created signups for the tours on the LCP Coursework site so the tour leaders will know how many to expect for each tour.
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• Monday, December 8 10:30am-11:30am
Space for 20 participants! Meet in the Hoover Tower Lobby.
Crown Law Library Tour (come see the newly renovated spaces!):
• Monday, December 15 10am-11am
• Tuesday, December 16 11am-12pm
Space for 10 participants, each tour. Meet in the Law Library Lobby.
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When we had to go to Halifax for family reasons I declared that we were going to rent a cottage and sit still for a week, so we rented the cottage in Prince Edward Island and didn't sit still at all. PEI is a teeny tiny little island off the east coast of Canada that is also a province. It is known for lobsters potatoes, Anne of Green Gables, and for being the birthplace of confederation. We came to know it for haunted houses, cracked out road systems where wild turkeys (not the liquid kind) cause traffic jams, hermit crabs and ice cream. I slapped a statue in public for failed comic effect then flashed a bunch of people in Charlottetown. A lot of lobsters died. Here are some pictures.
Confederation Bridge
Our cottage was walking distance to the Confederation Bridge. I was completely sure in my mind that it was the longest bridge anywhere until my personal fact checker (my husband) looked it up and assured me that China, the US, Saudi Arabia, France, Portugal, India, Egypt, Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, Russia, Brazil and Germany all have us roundly beat (thanks, fact checker). So I might have been a little off but the Confederation Bridge is the longest bridge over ice, which is what I was trying to tell him. My husband never lets me finish my sentences.
We crossed the bridge and I pretty much pushed our very kind cottage owners out the door so I could go find myself some lobster. The first night we went to a seafood shack, the second night we went and trashed the local legion and pretended to be in the local Lobster Festival Parade float.
The cottage was perfect, but not so perfect were our freakishly busy kids. After one day of watching our damage deposit disappear before our eyes we decided to go see every tourist site that we could in 6 days. Cavendish beach on the north side of the island, but along the way we decided to stop at a
boring historical train site. The guidebooks totally neglected to mention that there is an amazing Haunted Mansion. The train station was about 10 feet of track and some stores and you have a Haunted Mansion in your back pocket? Play that up in the guidebook, PEI. Anyway, we thought that would be a great idea for 3 year olds (because we're terrible parents) so we went. Twice.
And then we got to carry a kid out of a haunted house screaming "I WANT TO GET KILLED BY A GHOST AGAIN" for all the strangers to hear. So we took him to a theme park and let him play in the ball pit which was probably posed the actual threat to his health and well-being all day (those things are so dirty, why are they allowed?). Then we took him back to the haunted house because who doesn't need a good scare before bedtime?
Charlottetown is the capital of PEI and where Canada happened. Or rather, where the first of a series of meetings happened where our
drunk and disorderly illustrious founders decided Canada should be a thing. It's easy to imagine our founders showing up in town and being greeted by adoring crowds a band of political enthusiasts a bustling populace an abandoned town and one guy with a key to Province House because everyone was at the circus that day. What can I say? Apparently Charlottetown residents get more excited about traffic circles than Confederation. So much so that when the first traffic circle went live everyone set up lawn chairs to watch the chaos. Traffic Circles 1, Confederation 0.
I was on a mission to find oysters in Charlottetown because by day 4 I was kind of sick of lobster. What? It was cheaper than ground beef. My quest for oysters led me to several bars and a brew pub with the boys in tow and more than one disapproving glance in our direction. By the end of the day I was making some fairly questionable decisions.
Cows Ice Cream is a PEI chain, rated second in the world by Reader's Digest. Reader's Digest. Obviously. Anyway, they have cows outside their stores, so this happened.
And a lot of people saw my underwear while I was mounting that cow. That sounds bad. My husband helped me and afterwards said "I just got a face full of crotch in public. Don't ever let a stranger help you onto a cow." I didn't ask him whether I should let friends help.
The Last Supper
The beach was magnificent. If you don't like the beach, there is something wrong with you. Or at the very least, our power animals are not compatible. Our last day I was hell bent on creating Beautiful Family Memories. So we went into town and bought the two largest lobsters we could find and let them loose in the cottage to freak the kids out.
Mr. Giraffe and I sat on the beach drinking microbrews while our kids caught hermit crabs and the sun started to go down and it started making me sad that I had to go home ever again and then I berated myself for not being able to stay in the moment and then I tried to enjoy it harder, but it was already ruined. I hate my brain.
So we went home and cooked our new pets and set the table for this glorious scene:
And it was perfect until moments later when the boys were eating my lobster in the nude and I was scraping citronella wax off the deck while my husband sat back and enjoyed the sunset. But I am used to fleeting happiness, so that one sip of wine will keep me afloat for some time to come.
Overall rating: Rollergiraffe gives a sound double thumbs up to PEI. We did a lot of other things that were relaxing and uneventful, so I didn't mention them here but it's an awesome place to travel.
Travel advisories: Watch out for the elderly drivers parking sideways on the highway outside of Lucy Maud Montgomery's house.


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The Cubs had 42 picks in this years draft, 40 round plus two compensation (or sandwhich) picks. In years past the draft has been 50 rounds, under the new CBA the rounds were reduced to 40. The breakdown of the 42 picks is as follows, 22 pitchers (18 RHP, 4 LHP), seven infielders, eight outfielders, and five catchers. Of those players 20 were college players, seven were junior college players, and the Cubs drafted 15 high school players.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Overheard In Our Household
T: I'll turn off the lights up here.
A: My god, it's a miracle.
A (loudly, to dog): Wylie, don't look at me like that about your father!
[Me, always trying to hint that I'm favored by the dogs. So dumb.]
T: Goodnight, honey.
A: What's that supposed to mean?
[It really just meant that I HAD to stop my incessant insomniac drone]
T: You wanna go along on this trip with me?
A: At the last minute? What about the dogs?
T: We can figure it out.
A: You mean I can figure it out, make 8 zillion calls and totally stress about it, last minute?
T: Yeah, that. But...
A: No, I'll stay here and stress instead.
During a recent total shut-in weekend:
A: Wanna go get Chipotle?
T: We'd have to leave the house?
A: Yeah.
T: Oh. Hmmm. Then, no.
A: Yeah, seems like too much, doesn't it?
[Wow, huh? Think we stayed in our pajamas the entire weekend, livin' LARGE.]
A: Let's move to Amsterdam.
T: What would we do for a living?
A: Smoke pot, of course! [right, we barely drink]
T: Oh, okay - and how would we pay for that?
A: We could charge people to look at our dogs.
T: Why would people pay for that?
A: Because they're THAT cute, duh!
T: [Exhales, shakes head, walks away...]
A: Do you think I'm generally overall weird?
T: Yes.
A: Do you think other people think I'm weird?
T: Well, yeah, but it's a good weird.
A: A good weird? Well what does that mean, exactly?
T: Just a good weird, like an eclectic weird.
A: Hmmm. Well, then - what would a bad weird be?
A: Uh huh.
Any good "Overheards" in your household lately?
29 comments:
- Unknown said...
I need to find myself a "T" :)
- June 11, 2008 at 3:37 PM
I think my husband has said exactly the same thing about me being eclectic. I think weird must also mean "sexy, hot babe". Otherwise, why would our incredibly smart husbands pick us?
- June 11, 2008 at 4:48 PM
These are great! My kids have some good ones. I should do a post. But here's one from a night out last week:
me: I wish someone would ride that mechanical bull...
J: I think you would be pretty good at it
me: Yeah, I think so too
J: I think I would fall on my ass and break my shoulder
me: Yeah, I think so too
- June 11, 2008 at 4:53 PM
- Ann said...
Kimberly - LOL! Maybe we could share him - he's always dreamed of a threesome... ;)
StandingStill - Dang, I love you right now. WHY didn't I know you when I lived in MPLS? WHY?
Kspin - That's awesome! Sometimes it's just those small conversations that are really priceless.
- June 11, 2008 at 5:11 PM
I love your household, can I move in?
- June 11, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Overheards? How about my husband telling me that I needed to quit being "the man" in our relationship. Oooookay. Let me put my jockstrap away...
- June 11, 2008 at 7:36 PM
- NV said...
No T around. Just the mother. Here's this gem from last night when she was convinced there was a presidential debate:
Mo: They said it on the news that it was at 8.
N: National or local news?
Mo: National.
N: That's 7 to us. I'll check online since the TV isn't showing it in the line-up.
Three minutes later ...
N: Nothing on line. You sure?
Mo: They said it on the news. It could have been too last-minute for the Internet.
N: (Expression on face like AFLAC duck) Huh? The Internet is um, now.
- June 11, 2008 at 7:44 PM
My night just improved after visiting here, thank you for this.
Me: does my butt look large in these?
husband: no, but those jeans might be a little small.
- June 11, 2008 at 8:21 PM
I dare not go there. Nope. Some things are best left secret. Of course, you'll hear them should you ever find yourself in our corner of Georgia.
You could totally stay in your pjs and hang out on the front porch. Don't think we don't do the very same thing. No one here cares.
BTW, you have to see Dan in Real LIfe. Just watched it this evening and LOVED it.
- June 11, 2008 at 9:47 PM
- Jennifer S said...
I love, love, love spending whole Saturdays in my PJs. If I didn't take the kids to church on Sundays (I go to Starbucks Church up the street), I would stay in them all day Sunday, too.
You guys are funny.
- June 11, 2008 at 10:27 PM
I can't think of any good overheards at this moment, but just wanted to say: love this post and this blog. Thanks!
- June 12, 2008 at 7:48 AM
it must be in the jeans...'cause you nieces love their pj days on the weekend!
Ari:mom, but i did not actually buy anything for dad for fathers day
Me: well we have these clothes for him that i ordered online.
Ari: but they are just shirts
Me: what did you want to get him
Ari: star wars action figures
Me: well we can get those at target
Ari: great, cause then i can play with them!
Uh Uh
- June 12, 2008 at 7:59 AM
Ann, i have to share another one...dont tell
I overheard R on the phone to his sister..."Mom will have a great time with us in Washington..."
Me: Rand you never told me you mother was coming with us to Washington.
R: Yes i did
Me: No you did not
R: Yes i did
Me: no you did not
R: Yes i did
Me: No you did not, because had you told me I of course would have gotten her a plane ticket to fly there.
R: Oh you did not get her a ticket
Me: NO
R: ok maybe i did not tell you!!
- June 12, 2008 at 9:30 AM
I love reading your blog & the comments - it makes my day!
- June 12, 2008 at 9:39 AM
- Kellan said...
These were all so funny - I liked the good night one - HA!
I'm Kellan - nice to meet you. SEe you soon.
- June 12, 2008 at 10:19 AM
- Texasholly said...
My life would improve by 45% if Chipotle delivered...really!
I think you can't describe "bad weird" you just can recognize it when you see it.
- June 12, 2008 at 12:10 PM
- Ann said...
OH MY - these are ALL SO FUNNY! Like a fly on the wall, LOVE the overheards!
And, if Chipotle delivered, wow - I think I'd be a total shut-in. But then, I'd need Sushi delivered too...
- June 12, 2008 at 12:40 PM
- YD, sometimes with ♥June and ♥Angel Samantha said...
This happens quite often:
Y: What would you like for dinner?
M: Oh, whatever, doesn't matter.
Y: Ok, how about we order Chinese?
M: No, I don't want Chinese.
Y: Well, pizza then.
M: Neh, don't feel like pizza
Y: (getting a little annoyed)Hamburgers?
M: I'm not in the mood for hamburgers.
Y: (getting more annoyed)Grilled chicken?
M: Hmmm...no.
Y: Well, you tell me what you want for dinner and we'll get it.
End of conversation....
- June 12, 2008 at 12:55 PM
- Momisodes said...
I LOVE weekends in....And LOVE Chipotle too. ;)
- June 12, 2008 at 2:05 PM
On phone:
Josh: So what are you going to do tomorrow.
Lacy: It's a surprise. So you'll just have to wait to find out.
Josh: You'll tell me by bedtime tonight.
Lacy (mock horror): I don't spoil surprises.
Josh: You've never surprised me. Not since we've been married. You always tell me.
Lacy: You hate surprises anyway. What's the difference?
Josh: So then tell me.
Josh: Ha! You almost told me, didn't you? I nearly got you.
Lacy: Damn, damn, damn!
Now I absolutely can't tell him. Nope. I absolutely can't tell him that I'm coloring my hair back to blonde tomorrow. Oops. Well, you won't tell -- right?
- June 12, 2008 at 4:25 PM
- Ann said...
YD - omg, you are so not alone.
Sandy - over here, we could LIVE on chipotle. Oh, cilantro how I love thee.
Lacy - Dying to know now if you caved and told him! CAVER!
- June 12, 2008 at 6:20 PM
Had to catch up on quite a few entries, but this one had me rolling. I will hop on the Chipotle bandwagon; when are they going to offer delivery, for the love of God?
- June 12, 2008 at 8:16 PM
what great overheard quotes. ;) the amsterdam one is pretty awesome. pot and shroooms baby
- June 13, 2008 at 5:52 AM
- Clumbsy Cookie said...
I'm often called "a good weird". I've allways wonder what that was... Either that or "weird in a positif way". Does T have a brother? ;)
- June 13, 2008 at 9:08 AM
- Lisa said...
LOL - oh how many times have I had the what do you want for dinner conversation! Love the gianduia too - can't wait to try some of that. you can have my 70% - light chocolate is my fav! (does it help to call it light chocolate instead of m*lk?)
- June 13, 2008 at 2:28 PM
You called me smokin' hot.
We are now full on best buds.
You rock!
- June 13, 2008 at 4:18 PM
- hungryandfrozen said...
HA love this. Had a very similar conversation to you "am I weird" one just recently. It ended somewhat unresolved LOL.
- June 13, 2008 at 5:02 PM
- Ann said...
Kelsey - Could NOT agree more. Been wondering for years why they don't deliver. I mean, they'd have world DOMINATION if they'd just deliver! Gawd!
Diva - Hee hee, you naughty kitten!
Clumbsy Cookie - T does have a bro - another T! But...taken...I'll keep my eyes open though, dang huh?
Lisa - it's really good! And yeah, I dig the white and not afraid to claim it! Love it all.
Lacy - I see you read my comment on your blog, lol. Smokin'!
Laura - See...I can totally see you being weird in the exact same way I am - bc I read your posts and see some of myself about 10 years ago, well, only you're way smarter. :)
- June 13, 2008 at 8:55 PM
- Manager Mom said...
Now - if you could only have Chipotle DELIVERED.. that would have been the perfect weekend.
- June 15, 2008 at 4:26 AM


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On top of that, unlike nearby stones, the Root gravestone shows no visible signs of algae or lichen, which often make a stone difficult to read.
Yes, it is a siltstone marker.
wife of
died 8 Feb. 1835
in her 67 year.
The epitaph is only partly visible, but it is not difficult to fill in the blanks. Visible are the words Hail! ye sighing sons of sorrow.
The words are from the first verse of an old hymn, "The Mouldering Vine," usually attributed to composer James P. Carrell (b. 1787, d. 1854). The lyricist is not identified.
Hail! ye sighing sons of sorrow,
Learn from me your certain doom;
Learn from me your fate tomorrow,
Dead—perhaps laid in your tomb!
See all nature fading, dying!
Silent all things seem to pine;
Life from vegetation flying,
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Max and Eli Sussman's Apple Chutney
Serve this apple chutney with the Pork Chops from This is a Cookbook or with any cut of pork, for that matter.
Reprinted with permission from This is a Cookbook by Max and Eli Sussman. Copyright 2012. Published by Olive Press, a division of Weldon Owen, Inc. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
- Yield:makes about 4 cups
- Active time: 1 hour
- Total time:1 hour
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 white onions, chopped
- 3 apples, cored and roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon peel and chopped fresh ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- zest and juice of 1/2 lemon
- Salt
In a frying pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onions and stir to coat with the oil. Reduce the heat to low and cook, stirring often, until the onions are caramelized to a deep golden brown, about 45 minutes.
Put the apples in a saucepan and add 1/4 cup water. Simmer over low heat until very tender, about 30 minutes. Mash the apples, but leave some nice chunky texture.
Add the onions, brown sugar, ginger, allspice, lemon zest and juice, and a pinch of salt to the pan with the apples and stir to mix well. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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"Charice was signed for a minimum of five episodes and did a press junket with [fellow new star] Chord Overstreet. She had a big debut, but things changed and they didn't put her back in. The word is, Lea is the big star, and producers want to keep her happy," an insider told Page Six.
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Courtney Love is dishing out $430,000 to a designer who sued her for her comments on Twitter.
The wild songstress will soon settle the groundbreaking defamation case brought on by fashion designer Dawn Smorangkir, who said her career was ruined with Love's libelous tweets, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
"Personally, I think $430,000 is an appropriate way to say she's sorry," Simorangkir's attorney, Bryan J. Freedman, told The Associated Press.
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Love's former twitter account, @CourtneyLoveUK, is currently down.
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Iran executes 16 insurgents in retaliation for attack
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities executed 16 Sunni insurgents Saturday, Iranian media reported, in retaliation for an attack a day earlier that killed 14 guards on the volatile southeastern border with Pakistan.
The 14 soldiers, most of them conscripts, were killed at dusk Friday at a border post near the city of Saravan when a group of armed men crossing the border gunned them down using automatic weapons, the semiofficial Iranian Students' News Agency reported Saturday. Seven other soldiers were wounded, the news agency said, and some local reports said the attackers also took three guards hostage.
In retaliation, 16 "bandits linked to groups against the system" were hanged early Saturday, Mohammad Marzieh, the chief prosecutor in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan and Baluchestan province, told the semiofficial Fars news agency. It was unclear whether the executed men were already in custody in the province or were rounded up, but they were not believed to be connected to the border attack.
"We had issued warnings previously that bandits and anti-Iran group members who commit acts causing damage to innocent people or security and military personnel will face reciprocal action by us," Marzieh said. "This morning, in retaliation for the martyrdom of border guards at the town of Saravan, we hanged 16 members of these anti-Iran groups. The judiciary will absolutely not tolerate such actions by these groups."
The retaliatory response highlights the deep tensions in Sistan and Baluchestan province, a hotbed of Sunni resistance against the Shiite Islamic Republic of Iran. The border area shared by Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan has long resembled a war zone, and more than 3,500 members of Iranian security forces have been killed in clashes with smugglers transporting heroin and opium to Iran, Turkey and Europe.
The attack on the border guards was preceded by the killing of two members of the influential Rigi family, who in the past decade have led an armed separatist struggle in the province seeking independence from Iran and involving suicide attacks, assassinations and abductions.
Websites connected to separatist groups said the men, Karim Rigi and Gholamreza Rigi, were killed Oct. 16 by local Iranian security forces, although official websites deny involvement.
President Hassan Rouhani, who promoted minority rights during his campaign, condemned the killing of the 14 guards and called for an investigation.


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Need A Quick And Tasty Thanksgiving Side Dish? Try Rachael Ray's Potato Gratin!
Hey HollyMoms, every day this week we're sharing recipes from our favorite celebrity chefs that we think would be perfect to serve on Thanksgiving! Today it's Rachael Ray's Autumn Potato Gratin! Yummy!
Food Network star Rachael Ray is the queen of quick cooking. And as we all know, HollyMoms, Thanksgiving is no time to be slaving away over difficult dishes. We have found the perfect potato side dish from Rachael. Her Autumn Potato Gratin can be whipped up in under and hour and uses just eight ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry. We think you and your family will consider this a new fall favorite. Enjoy!
Autumn Potato Gratin
Serves 8
4 pounds mixed baby potatoes, such as Red Bliss, Peruvian Purples and Fingerlings
2 cups heavy cream, plus some to cover
4 tablespoons butter (1/2 stick)
2 sprigs each fresh thyme, sage and rosemary
2 garlic cloves, cracked
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Pre-heat the oven to 400°F.
Halve the potatoes and toss them into a large baking dish. Season with salt and pepper. Meanwhile, put the cream, butter, herbs and garlic in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Cook for about five minutes to infuse the cream with flavor. Season with salt and pepper. Pour the hot cream mixture through a strainer over the potatoes. Discard the herbs and garlic. If there is not enough cream to go three-quarters of the way up the potatoes, pour some additional cream on top to make up the difference. Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese evenly over the top.
Bake for 30-35 minutes, until the potatoes are cooked through and the top begins to brown. Cover and keep warm until ready to serve.
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". . . as these tellers of tales sat around the fireside or under the shade of trees, and looked into the rapt faces of the listeners, the deeds of men, monsters and the phenomena of nature became fused into one and their work grew architectonic, the story taking on artistic form and moving on to a magnificent climax, revealing in the end the ethical order of the world."
So summarizes my following excerpts from the introduction of a small, tattered book [Wyche, Richard Thomas. Some Great Stories and How To Tell Them. New York: Newson and Company, 1910.], a copy of which was passed on to me by my grandmother.
With the spirit of Halloween once again animating us, it's a time for the telling of macabre tales of ghosts, ghouls and goblins. But then, it's always a time for the telling of stories. We are a storytelling people. At times our tales have questionable worth, but often enough, we tell stories "taking on artistic form and moving on to a magnificent climax, revealing in the end the ethical order of the world."
I hope that this blog of mine, When Is A Party Not A Party, is a storytelling blog in the above "artistic" and "ethical" senses—with stories of our exponentially-changing world, stories of library robots, rocketships from India to Mars and teenagers ("digital natives") who multitask with current media technology in a super-fast manner–ultimately, stories of "spiritual development." It, at least, would make my late grandmother happy, and that would make me happy. The best stories, ultimately, make people reflective of our world—and happy in the common quest to become a more positive force within it.
So, here are some brief reflections on the history and value of story-telling, of turning the outward in and the inward out, from a 1910 book that now spans almost a hundred years through the times of my grandmother, my mother and myself. –SB
STORY TELLERS were the first teachers. Before the art of writing or of making books, before even the runes or picture writing, there were story-tellers. Sagamen, scalds, rhapsodists, bards and minstrels by word of mouth handed down through the centuries much of our literature. Unconscious teachers they were, but none the less did they inspire and teach the people as they recited the deeds of their great heroes, . . . Before even the day of the Sagamen, somewhere far back in the morning twilight of the world, people began to tell stories.
When the child-race first looked out on the face of nature, saw the sun, moon, and stars; heard the stormwind and thunder; saw the tragedy of nature, the death of summer and the long sleep of winter, what did he think? To him it was pregnant with conscious life—men, monsters or gods, to be obeyed, worshiped or grappled with. This world of outward phenomena beating in upon him was a great fact, sometimes bringing cold, hunger and death, and at other times warmth, joy and gladness. If the world of outward phenomena was a marvel to the child-race, none the less significant was the discovery of the world of inward phenomena. Where did these hopes, these fears, longings, yearnings, loves and hatreds come from, and what did they all mean? He did not stop to analyze, but in obedience to a universal law spontaneously expressed in some way what he saw and felt.
He had two great facts to deal with, the world of outward objects beating in upon him and the soul and self-consciousness stirring within him. What must he do? In some way give expression to what he saw and felt; he must make the inward outward. He could interpret this outward world only in terms of his inward life. He had life, joy, sorrow, difficulties, death, and when the day was over he would lie down and sleep; therefore the sun must do like wise. When the sun came up from the sea and burned his way through the sky and went down gain, to him it was life—conscious life. The sun strangled the serpents of the night; he went forth like a strong man battle. Sometimes the storm-clouds would vanquish him; then he scattered his enemies, and from a clear sky smiled upon the children of men. Then again he went down in a stream of blood, in the red clouds of sunset; and still again into the calm and perfect peace of a clear sky.
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Some became expert in the recital of stories, and as these tellers of tales sat around the fireside or under the shade of trees, and looked into the rapt faces of the listeners, the deeds of men, monsters and the phenomena of nature became fused into one and their work grew architectonic, the story taking on artistic form and moving on to a magnificent climax, revealing in the end the ethical order of the world.
In some such way came the Saga and the Saga-man, the story and the story-teller. Crawford says in the introduction to his translation of the Kalevala, the great Finnish Epic, that it dates back to a time of great antiquity, to a time when the Finns and Hungarians were a united people; in other words, to a time at least three thousand years ago. Although the poem is as voluminous as the Odyssey, it lived all these centuries by oral tradition among the people. It was collected and published for the first time during the last century.
In Rune III of the Kalevala, we have a true picture of the ancient story teller and his work
"Wainamoinen, ancient minstrel,
Passed his years in full contentment,
On the meadows of Wainola,
On the plains of Kalevala,
Singing ever wondrous legends,
Songs of ancient wit and wisdom,
Chanting one day, then a second,
Singing in the dusk of evening,
Singing till the dawn of morning,
Now the tales of oldtime heroes,
Tales of ages long forgotten,
Now the legends of creation,
Once familiar to the children,
By our children sung no longer,
Sung in part by many heroes.
Far and wide the story traveled,
Far away men spread the knowledge
Of the chanting of the hero,
Of the song of Wainamoinen;
To the south were heard the echoes,
All of Northland heard the story."
In the oldest specimen of English poetry that has come down to us, we read of Widsith, the far traveler: "Thus roving, the gleemen wander through the lands of many men as their fate wills; they find ever in the North and in the South some one who understands song." These story tellers, sagamen, skalds, gleemen, rhapsodists, who wandered from land to land telling or singing of some great deed, were welcomed by court and king, as well as by the common people. And sometimes as one passed from one court to another, a chain of gold hung about his neck as a royal gift.
These story tellers, bringing news from the outside world as well as giving the people glimpses of the higher realms of thought with which their story dealt, were true teachers and poets. Not surfeited with book-learned lore, they spoke out of their hearts to the hearts of the people. Their names have usually been forgotten, but their work remains in the stories of Ulysses, Siegfried, Beowulf, King Arthur, St. George, The Kalevala and similar stories—a picture of the life of the primitive race, a history of the spiritual development of man in time's morning.
The spoken word has more life than the printed page. Literature was first vocal, and nature's plan has suggested the method for the education of the child to-day, and the stories she used have in turn become the stories for the children of to-day.
Note: above photos by S.A. Bort, autumn 2014.


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Are traditional bond index funds flawed?
A new bond ETF from Invesco PowerShares Capital Management will completely bypass conventional bond index strategies with a fundamental approach. The newly launched PowerShares Fundamental Emerging Markets Local Debt Portfolio (PFEM) is designed to provide investors a fundamentals-weighted exposure to emerging market sovereign debt denominated in local currencies.
Traditional bond indexes generally use some form of market-cap weighting where constituent weights are a function of both the amount of debt issued and the debt's current price. This approach can result in greater weights being assigned to issuers that have issued more debt. In contrast, the fundamental index approach developed by Research Affiliates weights bonds based on each country's economic footprint, resulting in a portfolio that is correlated to a country's debt service capacity.
"Weighting by fundamentals gives higher portfolio weights to issuers with lower leverage and better debt service capacity, resulting in generally lower credit risk compared to the cap-weight benchmark," said Shane Shepherd, senior vice president and head of fixed-income research at Research Affiliates. "In addition, a regular rebalance back to fundamental weights takes advantage of potential market inefficiencies in credit spreads by buying cheaper bonds and selling more expensive ones," Shepherd said.
PFEM is linked to the Citi RAFI Bonds Sovereign Emerging Markets Extended Local Currency Index, which is composed of a portfolio of bonds issued by the national governments of 18 emerging market countries, all in the respective local currency.


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Whether a song is brand new or just new-to-you, discovering something unheard on your Sonos is always an adventure. With 60+ streaming services on Sonos, you have access to all the music on Earth, but where do you start? It becomes easy to lean on old favorites — nostalgic tracks from your childhood, dance tunes from your heyday, or streaming radio stations of your favorite genre — so, just in time for your 4th of July party, we decided to put together a new feature showcasing some of the songs that we've been enjoying this summer to help you discover something new on Sonos.
Artist: Robert Glasper
Album: Covered
Check this out: If you're a fan of Jazz and Robert's earlier music, this is a return to his musical roots.
#ListenOnSonos: This is a great album for relaxing in the living room after a long day, or as background music for a romantic dinner at home.
Dig deeper: Robert Glasper is a fantastic live performer who has completely transformed the Sonos Studio on more than one occasion. To hear his live music is to truly appreciate this one-of-a-kind artist.
Artist: Hudson Mohawke
Album: Lantern
Check this out: If you're looking for electronic dance music with some soul. Perfect for relaxing, summer playlists.
#ListenOnSonos: This one has a cool, mellow vibe that's perfect for listening while you work in the office, or in the bedroom while you're getting ready for a night out.
Dig deeper: If you're interested in learning more about the artist — Ross Birchard — behind Hudson Mohawke, you can check out his cover story in The Fader.
Artist: Holychild
Album: The Shape of Brat Pop to Come
Check this out: The album title kind of says it all. Give it a spin if you're looking for something you can turn up and dance and sing along to this summer.
#ListenOnSonos: This is all-rooms all-groups dance-party style music. It's also the perfect album to set your Sonos alarm and wake up to, if you're looking to get up on the right side of the bed.
Dig deeper: If you're interested in taking the dance party out of your house, you can catch Holychild on tour in cities throughout the US and a show in Japan.
Search any of these artists from your Sonos app to enjoy their new music, as well as their previous tunes all from your favorite music service. Who have you been listening to this month?


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Apparently awards season gives with one hand and takes away with the other. In one of the season's unlikelier stories, Scarlett Johansson has been building momentum with a performance in Her in which she is heard but never seen as the artificial intelligence of an operating system who becomes an emotional foil for a man (Joaquin Phoenix) in near-future Los Angeles. Written and directed by Spike Jonze, the film has a cast that also includes Rooney Mara, Amy Adams and Olivia Wilde.
Johansson recently won the the best actress prize at the Rome Film Festival. Yet starting with a report from Deadline Hollywood awards correspondent Pete Hammond, and then other organisations including Variety and Entertainment Weekly, word began to filter through Hollywood that the Golden Globes, which are put on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, had deemed her ineligible for consideration in their acting categories. The actress is a four-time Globe nominee.
The performance is said to be considered eligible for both the Academy Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards. The issue of non-traditional performance has come up a number of times in recent years, as with Andy Serkis's roles in the Lord of the Rings films and Rise of the Planet of the Apes, as well as actress Zoe Saldana's performance in Avatar.
In an interview with The Times, Johansson expressed uncertainty as to how her performance in Her would fit into the awards picture.
"I feel very disconnected from the awards process," Johansson said. "I don't even know how it works. And I'm an academy member! It seems like a political thing. It just seems like such an abstract thing. Probably as abstract as trying to fit my performance into any particular category."


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More than 13 per cent of Canadians are over 65 years of age. In fact, the first cohort of the baby boomers turns 65 this year. Over a million Canadians are 80 years of age and older.
While the majority of older people age successfully, a number are frail, with multiple chronic diseases such as dementia syndromes, heart disease, stroke, arthritis and osteoporosis, to name just a few. These frail seniors are at risk for increasing care needs, ranging from outpatient clinics staffed with family doctors and specialists who look after their chronic diseases, to hospitals who are senior-friendly, to a variety of special accommodation arrangements including supportive care, assisted living and long term care facilities.
In Canada, geriatric care is provided by specialists in geriatric medicine and family physicians with training in Care of the Elderly (COE) programs. They work with inter-professional teams collaboratively to improve the health and function of older patients in the acute care, rehabilitation and community settings. They are adept in the clinical management of common geriatric conditions. They also play an important role in educating undergraduate and postgraduate medical trainees about the appropriate care of seniors.
Despite a better understanding of how to promote health and prevent diseases, the increasing number of seniors in Canada means that there will be an ever-increasing number of vulnerable, older Canadians needing skilled medical care. There is currently a shortage of physicians with additional training in the care of older persons in Canada and this is expected to worsen in the very near future.
As of August 2011, there were 225 specialists in geriatric medicine (based on the mandated registry maintained by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada) and approximately 200 family physicians with training in COE in Canada (the latter number is an estimate, as there is currently no mandated COE registration system in the country). Assuming every one of these geriatrics doctors works full-time (which is definitely not the case, especially among the newly qualified doctors and those approaching retirement age), this implies on average every geriatrics doctor in Canada has to serve a population base of 80,000. This calculation has not factored in the geographic maldistribution of geriatrics doctors. The Canadian figure is in sharp contrast compared to other countries. For instance, in Sweden there are 500 geriatrics doctors serving a population of nine million (service ratio of one geriatrics doctor to 18,000 people). To be comparable with the Swedish figures, Canada will need at least 4.5 times more than the current number (total of about 1,900 geriatrics doctors) to serve the Canadian population of 34 million.
In British Columbia, there are currently 42 specialists in geriatric medicine plus a handful of COE physicians. Together they serve the provincial population of 4.6 million. This means the provincial service ratio of geriatrics doctors to population is still critically low.
To fully address Canada's serious shortage of geriatrics doctors, a strategic plan needs to be developed to attract more practitioners (especially the up-and-coming doctors in training) to enter the field of geriatric medicine and COE. This plan must be developed with support from the federal and provincial stakeholders, and it requires adequate resourcing to ensure successful implementation.
In some jurisdictions in Canada, we have started deploying strategies to improve the shortage of physicians, such as increasing exposure to geriatric medicine in medical school and residency programs (e.g. development of core competencies in geriatric medicine), improving the image of aging and caring for seniors (e.g. engaging medical students in social programs such as dancing with seniors), and advocacy to increase funding of geriatric services and programs.
Roger Y. Wong is president of the Canadian Geriatrics Society.


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Clinical Trials
Partnering with Patients to Improve Care
Patient care and research specialists at the Diabetes Center at UCSF are committed to translating scientific discoveries and laboratory breakthroughs into patient therapies and a potential cure for diabetes. These efforts involve a form of patient research called clinical trials.
The Diabetes Center is internationally renowned in the clinical trials arena. Our team includes experts who conceptualize, design, and execute trials related to all aspects of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. In addition, UCSF is one of only a select number of programs worldwide to serve as a Clinical Center for TrialNet, a National Institutes of Health- and JDRF- sponsored research consortium charged with developing preventive therapies for diabetes.
Learn more about our current trials and how you can participate:
For a summary of clinical trials throughout the United States and the world that is maintained by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), see "NIH Clinical Trials."


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JD Ferguson is...
...in Paris frustrated because the internet connection in his hotel is so bad he can't get Facebook to work and is also having to overnight all his film to New York which is putting his backstage coverage for V way behind.
...20 pounds lighter than when he arrived in Europe because it's impossible to get "breakfast" here so he starts all his days with coffee and cigs.
...still high from shooting Galliano last-night.
...frustrated after two weeks of shooting hot guys.
...sitting at a cafe typing all of this before Hermes, Raf and Margiela.
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This report helps plug that gap. Tainted Lands: Corruption in Large-Scale Land Deals, authored by Global Witness, Professor Olivier De Schutter, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, and the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), takes the most comprehensive look to date at how corruption is fuelling the global land grabbing crisis.
Corruption enables land grabbing in a number of ways. It can be simply transactional – when state officials accept bribes from a company to gain access to land, for example. It can also be institutionalised – when decision-making in state bodies such as the police, judiciary, or executive is skewed so that business or political elites can ignore national laws to seize land without facing the consequences.
The report makes clear that any efforts to end land grabbing must also tackle corruption, as the two tend to co-exist and are mutually reinforcing. Ensuring that land deals are transparent, corruption-free, and protect the rights of local communities is not only in the interest of those communities. It would also benefit companies and investors since becoming embroiled in a corrupt land deal poses major reputational, financial, and legal risks.
Tainted Lands explores existing frameworks that could help tackle corruption in land deals. It asserts, however, that much more must be done and lays out a set of recommendations for governments, companies, and the financial sector. Companies, for instance, need to carry out thorough checks on their supply chains and business partners to ensure they aren't linked to corruption and human rights abuses. Governments must meanwhile ensure that affected communities are properly consulted and have given their consent before land deals can go ahead.
You can download the report here.
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Home Inspections: What You Need to Know
Many people do not realize that ordering a home inspection is only highly recommend, not required (depending on your loan type). There are only infrequent occasions where foregoing the home inspection option is a good idea, but those are few and far between.
When weighing the cost of a home inspection compared to the cost of fixing items that even a general inspection will cover, the home inspection price tag typically pales in comparison. General home inspections cost between $200-$400 generally, depending on your location and the home inspector.
The basic home inspections check the appliances, plumbing, foundation, electrical set-up, attic, fireplace, HVAC system, windows, roof and the general interior/exterior of the home in question. Home inspectors have certain tools they use to determine the sustainability of each of the above-mentioned categories.
On top of the general inspection, you may be required or at least to consider further inspections.
These inspections include: termite, radon, asbestos, mold, sewer, and lead, just to name a few. These extra checks are recommended based on location and the age of the home.
For example, Alaska residents generally do not need to be concerned with termites and homes that do not have basements are not as at high of a risk for radon.
Talk to your trusted Real Estate agent or Mortgage Loan Officer for information on what you should be checking in your future home.
Finally, if you get to pick your home inspector, be sure to ask them a few questions before solely hiring them based on the price of their service.
What does the home inspection cover?
If repairs are required, are you certified to complete the repairs?
What is the cost of the home inspection?
When will the home inspection report be ready?
May I be at the inspection? (If the answer is, 'no' - hang up!)
Of which home inspection association are you a member? (typical answers may be NACHI or NAHI, but being a part of any association is a good sign